Shapeways co-founder Peter Weijmarshausen leaves CEO position

Shapeways, a 3D printing community, service, and marketplace for consumers, has announced its Co-Founder, Peter Weijmarshausen will relinquish his CEO duties with immediate effect.

Maintaining his position on the company’s board, Weijmarshausen was the CEO for ten years, since its foundation. During the period of transition, Tom Finn, the COO of Shapeways, will occupy Weijmarshausen’s role until a permanent replacement is found.

Weijmarshausen has administered the company’s establishment and growth over the last decade. Boasting a collection of state-of-the-art 3D printing factories based in Europe and the United States, Shapeways has since moved its headquarters from Eindhoven, Netherlands, to New York, USA. Weijmarshausen also helped the company to grow an active community of hundreds of thousands, and a marketplace with tens of thousands of shops. His goal was to provide millions of people around the world with access to 3D printing, and having achieved that goal, he is now looking forward to seeing the company’s next steps from afar.

“I am proud of all we have accomplished during ten years at Shapeways and am excited about everything that I see on the horizon for the company,” Weijmarshausen said. “This is an opportunity for me to step back and reflect on what we have accomplished, while considering my own next chapter. I look forward to Shapeways’ continued evolution and growth.”

Albert Wenger, Shapeways Director added: “I want to thank Pete for the decade he has spent building Shapeways. Pete has really pioneered consumer 3D printing and built Shapeways into the leading marketplace. He will continue to guide the future as a director of the company.”

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